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•» McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA TTiursday, January 25, 1940 VcCORMICK MESSENGER j Published Every Thursday y Established June 5, IMS EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Biz Months .75 Three Months.50 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR AMERICANS Hie report of the Dies Commit- our industrial groups whose phy sical health and stamina are the very fountain head of our indus trial and economic progress. The agricultural groups are also much affected and dental decay is taking a very heavy toll in ill health and physical incompetency among this class. Dental diseases among these two groups cause our great est economic loss in the State of South Carolina. Do you know that in 1938 it cost the State of South Carolina $44.07 a year to educate a child in ele mentary school? Do you know that in 1938 there were 30,324 white pupils in the elementary schools of South Carolina that did not pass their grade? On a con servative basis, we would say that at least five per cent of these itaerica^acSvitles^U 1 encouraging cM ‘ dren f * ould ha ™ P as f d the 1 lr to Americans who have been ap- grades if their mouths had been in prehensive lest the people of this A-l condition. If this five per country were tuniing Communist cen t had been promoted think of or Fascist or yielding to some + , „ . .. other pressure to abandon their the do * lars 311(1 cents it would traditional American principles of (have saved South Carolina and democracy. also of the time element in the There has been a great deal of loose talk about the extent to which such influences are under- were 141. Number of' positive Wassermanns 7. The local doctors held these clinics. 125 treatments of Neoarsphenamine given and 110 treatments of Bismuth given. Anyone that isn’t able to pay their family physician for these treat ments o,re referred to our clinic by their family doctor. Three • midwife meetings held with an attendance of 38. Number of home visits made for super vision were 7 and follow up visits were made. All midwives are registered for supervision and given instructions and bags in spected at these meetings. The health officer conducted one of the midwife meetings for the nurse. All the white schools have been visited bv the health officer and nurse, also 17 colored schools were visited. At these schools 267 chil dren were given physical exami nations and 545 inspected. 637 vaccinated against smallpox. 4-H Club Girls. N. Y. A. Boys and Girls and C. C. C. Boys given phy- sicial examinations. 9 Orthnnedic cases were carried to Dr. White’s clinic in Greenville durin? the quarter. Two children "-e^e f*tted with shoes by the or- thonedic funds at Dr. White’s clinic. Number of trips made to Dr. White’s clinic were 9. All reportable cases of commu nicable disease were investigated and necessary nrecaution and con- Tremendous public accept ance of the 1940 Chevrolet has brought in the finest stock of used car^in all history. lives of these children. The Division of Dental Hygiene mining the foundations of our of the South Carolina State Board government. Many who testified of Health, in cooperation with the I TroV measures’^ giverT lie 5 rin ? s County and City health depart- The number of toxiods given scare the^timkl 1 which got ed wide ments, intends to try and correct f *is quarter were 244. Typhoid 37. publicity But i’nThe hght of Sch|the dental health situation in c. smears and 75 urinalysis Sduth Carolina by conducting an Tuberculin tested 9. not more th^a million^ericans educational P r °gr 3 m in the schools | The Sanitary Inspector issued have been seriously affected by essentially foreign or un-American activities. ' Recognizing that one of the nation’s most/ pressing problems is the preservation of the constitu tional liberties which have been gained through years of struggle, the committee warns against try ing to combat efforts to destroy our constitutional government by unconstitutional means. To de prive any citizen of the right of free speech “would undermine the fundamental structure of liberty Itself” says the report We agree with the Dies Commit tee that nothing has come to light to cause anyone to lose faith in the American people as a whole or their devotion to their basic in stitutions. So far no countenance has been given by men in high public office to the sort of intolerance which would bar men from such offices because of their religion or race. Jews and Christians, Catholics and Protestants, sit on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. The President’s efforts to bring people of all faiths into co operation in the efforts to find a way to bring peace to the world have met with such whole-hearted of the State and by correcting the 37 food handlers permits, inspected mouths of all indigent children in ^ ls m ^ ets> hotels ’ restaurants ' so far as our limited funds will j Respectfullv submitted, permit. G. A. Bunch, D. D. S., Division of Dental Hygiene. Mauldin J. Boggs. Jr., Health Officer. X Report Of M C H Division Of State Board Of Health McCormick Audience Sees New Film PORTRAYING DEVELOPMENT OF “NEW SOUTH” Carrying as a theme the impor tance to the South of the goal of Nearly 5,000 of the more than helf-containment, “The New 42,000 babies bom in South Caro- s ™tha sound and color motion , . _ “ ^ picture of vast scope, was shown lina during the fiscal year 1938- an enthusiastic audience, Sat- 1939 were either born dead or died urday afternoon at the Hollywood before reaching one year of age, Theatre here. according to a report o, the MCH |s ™™rhabie oicture^which Division of the State Board of Arcadian Nitrate, traces the Health. The report records 1,908 history of the Southland agricul- stillbirths; 2,948 deaths before one Rurally and industrially from the year of age; and 264 maternal a^es^eauTiS deaths. eolor shots the lands and vegeta- Alarming as these figures may tion that make up the South, be, however, they are encourag- Of, the first settlers, it says Ing whe- compared vrtth figures nm^od tebWand-a^d evei^Mnd public response as to encourage all for the fiscal year 1934-1935 when 0 f sandv loams, and clay Your CHEVROLET DEALER IS NOW FEATURING THE GREATEST USED CAR AND TRUCK VALUES OF THE YEAR! co 1 c *' FIVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR USED CAR FROM YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER I I Your Chevrolet dealer offers the finest selection of used cars and the best values. 2 You can buy your used car from your Chevrolet dealer with confidence. 3 Your Chevrolet dealer em ploys the best recondition ing methods. 4 Lowest possible prices com mensurate with quality. 5 Your Chevrolet dealer stands firmly behind every used car he sells. Chevrolet Dealers are Headquarters for USED TRUCK Values! £ •; '' 'M ‘ ' : ' & ’ ? Look for your Chevrolet^! - ' . . , ,' .h • .. . . V..- J dealer’s usecfc'cdr listings in the^f f, • G . ■ ^ - ■ . classified pages of this' paper! McGrath motor co., McCORMICK. S. C. wfio hold tolerance to be the es sence of Americanism. ! "I The Dental Health Problem In South Carolina We have in this State about 600,000 children of elementary school age and only a fractional percentage of them are receiving adequate preventive dental care. Estimating from the sale of tooth brushes, only twenty per cent of the entire population of this State practice any measure of oral hy giene. Upon determined averages there are, at this time, approximately two to three million decayed teeth In the mouths of children under thirteen years of age in this State. Two-thirds of those not receiving dental care are suffering from systemic involvements. The mouths of sixty per cent of these children are permanently impaired by the ••age of seven from the loss of one or more of the sixth year molars and other permanent teeth. The above condition, along with the mal-hygiene of the mouth, causes inconceivable ill-effects upon the health, development, appearance and mental efficiency of children. We have, further, an almost total indifference of about eighty- five per cent of parents to these conditions among their children. The great majority of them are so ignorant that they will not bother to give their children den tal care even when it is offered free unless they are herded into dental offices or clinics by some interested agency. There is an average of eighty per cent of our people who re ceive no dental care whatever unless it be in dire emergencies. The percentage among children is probably much higher and in many communities reaches more than ninety-five per cent. More than eighty per cent of children of elementary school ages in the most prosperous and cultured centers in South Carolina are seriously afflicted with the disease of dental caries. It is another fact that this disease has its low est incidence among the negro children on the coast and sea Islands of this State who probably live the most primitive lives of any NOTICE there were recorded 384 maternal loams, soils of many colors—yel- deaths; 2,547 stillbirths; and 3,366 1 ow. red and black. Every kind of infant deaths (deaths under one ^ year of age). Since that time and a ^eat people, hardy re- comt Of Common Pleas there has been a steady decline sourceful and proud.” rv m rpicrpr Rprpivpr nf Ahhp- in maternal, stillbirth and infant The film then traces the devel-l°- H - Ge,ger ’ as Receiver or Abbe death rates; the maternal rate looment of the exeat agricultural vUle-Greenwood Mutual Insur- ,, empire of the South. “In 1793.1 ance Association, Plaintiff, having been reduced 25 per cent thousand bales of cotton. T ^ W : nri rwpnHnm in the past four years; the infant Whitney invents the gin—two, j^ e; rate 4.8 per cent; and the still- f ive. ten million bales—from the | Mrs B ess i e m. Dusenberry and ‘heart of the South. And Cotton birth rate 18.6 per cent. . was Kinff i It is expected that the rates Tracing’ the modem develop- will continue their steady decline ment of the South, the film then in view of the extensive maternal nortrays a world of change, with „ . ^iaut cities and growme towns, and child health program now ^j S j nG r industries are shown, based being carried on by the State n n the vast natural resources. Board of Health in cooperation The underlying aim of all this de- with county health departments vel °bment, it is pointed out. is . , , ^ fHie economic balance through self- and Icoal physicians. Under this con tainment. program prenatal and well-baby Taking up the problems of the clinics are being conducted regu- modern South, the picture brings larly in every county in the State. 1:0 llie farmers messages from sev- of „„„„ + Viqt-o I Pra l agricultural leaders. They During the past fiscal year there draw attention to the front line were 1,213 prenatal clinics with a 0 f attack on farm problems—the total attendance of 21,754, of agricultural exneriment stations which 10,536 were new patients ma V 1 f' alnedb y each state. and 11,218 old patients. Durin & who s p end their lives studying for the same period 506 well-baby imp r nved farming methods. Here clinics were held with a total at- rosults achieved bv various tendance of 4,817. A majority of plan V, food—nitrogen, available ... . , „ . ohosohoric acid and potash—are both prenatal and ^ ell-l3a ky onrnoared in accurate controlled clinics were conducted by local niots. Plant vigor and plant di physicians assisted by public seases are studied, as are also wav* health nurses, while the others and means of keening the land , , , . v, vouner—how to save it from wear- were conducted by county health awa y officers and their staffs. to achieve self-containment, the Public response to these clinics f ilm shows, the South, esnecially is attested by the fact that the 1 1P , war . ru-ds an unfailing sunply of low cost nitrogen. Th° scene then changes to the areat plant "f Arcadian Nitrate at Hone- well. Virrinia, largest of its kind in + he worin which is providing such a supply. For the future “The N^w South” total attendance last year at prenatal clinics was almost three times that of the preceding year, although this is still far short of the number that should attend. At the present time, it is esti- foresees self-containment for a mated, approximately 25 per cent more nrosperous South. Southern of the expectant mothers in South agriculture building: Southern in- Carolina are being given prenatal ^(^“mor 1 ? alMS? care at these clinics. -xx- McCormick County Health Department Makes Report During the past quarter three prenatal clinics were held at the County Health Department by Dr. Workman with 68 patients given physical examinations. 41 new patients and 30 old patients re turned for re-check. 23 home visits were made on these patients. Several were referred to their family physician. Three well baby clinics were conducted by Dr. Tuten with 89 babies given physical examination. A weekly veneral disease clinic , , afaf«a xf 13 held at the office. The number people in the United States. It of c u n i cs held this quarter were 13. appears to reach its highest among Number of Wassermanns taken crons, with nrofitable markets awaiting them, and homefolks buying from homefolks. WANTED—A WORKER An honest, industrious man wanted by nationally known mineral feed company for work in this locality. Duties will consist of calling on farmers and rendering valua ble livestock service. It doesn’t take high pressure salesmanship to do this per manent work, and no special experience is needed. If you have a car, you can do this job. For full particulars send your name and address to Box E, McCormick, S. C. Name Address Bank of Ware Shoals as Receiver of Bank of Honea Path, Plain tiff, Vs. Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual In surance Association, Defendant. Pursuant to order of the Court in the above named case, I will sell before the Court House on Salesday in February, same being the 5th day of February, 1940, at the usual hour of legal sales the following described property, to wit: All that certain lot or tract of land containing 240 acres, more or less, lying, being and situate in McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on the North by lands of E. S. Reynolds; and on the South by lands of J. D. Hugh ey and E. M. Whatley. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay extra for deeds and stamps. The property is sold subject to taxes and the following liens, to wit: “ ' * J. FRANK MATH SON, Master For McCormick County, s c Jan.’17, 1940.—3t. NOTICE MASTER’S SALE surance Association, Defendant. Pursuant to order of the Court By virtue of the Decree of the in the above named case, I will Court of Common Pleas for the 3el1 before the Court House on County of McCormick, S. C., here- Satesday in February, same being tofore made and entered in the the 5th day of February, 1940, at case of The Federal Land Bank of the usual hour of legal sales the Columbia. Plaintiff, Vs. J. E. Bell, following described property, to Defendant, I will sell on Salesday ... . . . , , . . in February, 1940. being the 5th . A11 that certain lot or tract of day of said month, between the and containing 200 acres more or legal hours of sale, before the less lying, being and situate in Court House Door in the Town of ? 0rd< : auX o4. Township, McCormick McCormick, S. C., to the highest Co l in t ^ y ’ of . South Carolina, bidder, the following described ai ? d bounded as follows: North by property, to wit: Dilleshaw Estate, East by Mrs. A. All that certain piece, parcel or fract of land containing One Hundred Twenty-Two and Sixty- Eight One-Hundredths (122.68) acres, more or less, situate, lying and being on Public Road, about three miles West from the Town of McCormick, in Bordeaux Town ship, County of McCormick, State j A. Edmunds, South by Thomas V. Price and West by J. F. Edmunds Estate and others. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay extra for deeds and stamps. The propertv is sold subject to taxes and the following liens, to wit: Mortgage to Land Bank Commissioner for $1,500.00, Feb- of South Carolina, having such j £ > uai 7, g 0 ’ 193 4, arld rec0lded ^ shapes, metes, courses and dis- 16 a f Page 279 on March 6, 1934. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick County, s c Jan. 17, 1940.—3t. ♦ances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof, made by S. E. Rosenswike, Sur veyor, 11th of April, 1922, and being bounded on the North by ’ands of Brown and Price and P. C. Dorn, on r the East by lands of John Z. Edmunds, on the South by lands of L. Fdmunds. and‘on the West by lands of J. P. Holloway and Brown STATE OF SOUTH and Price. This being the same County Of MoCbrittfek. tract of land heretofore conveyed In The Court Of Proba to the said Mrs. E. B. Edmunds by Notice is hereby given t FINAL SETTLEMENT mt J. A. S. L. Edmunds bv his deed dated Talbert, Administrator of the Es- October 25th, 1920, and recorded tate of Wilson Warren Fowler, and in the Office of the Clerk of Court Administrator cum testamento for McCormick County in Book of Deeds No. 4, page 522. TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH The purchaser is to pay for the preparation and recording of all papers, including the required revenue stamps. If the highest bidder should fail to immediately complv with his bid in accordance with the terms of the decree, the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Common Pleas J. W. CHRISTIAN, MRS. BARBIE PARKS. AND E. T. CHRISTIAN, Plaintiffs, VS: MRS. LIZZIE REESE. Defendant. | premises will thereafter be resold PURSUANT TO ORDER OF THE noon the same terms and at such COURT in the above entitled bidder’s risk. matter, I will sell before the Court: As no personal or deficiency House door in the Town of McCor- judgment is demanded in this mick. County of McCormick, State action, the same being expressly of South Carolina, on Sales Day i waived, the bidding will close at in February, the same being the the sale and will not remain open 5th day of February, 1940. in the for thirty days. usual hours of sale, the following 1 j. FRANK MATTISON, described property: Master for McCormick County, s c Jan.’15, 1940.—3t. “All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Town of Parksville. County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, containing four (4) Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of Drennan, Albert Wood. Gary Trammel, Mrs. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NOTICE Hamilton and known as the ‘Chris tian Homeplace’. County Of McCormick. Court Of Common Pleas. —iep The bidding will be held open, E. B. Castles, as Receiver of Abbe- as required by law, for a period of thirty days. TERMS OF SALE CASH, pur- chaser to pay extra for deed and Mrs. Sudie Edmunds, Defendant, stamps. A deposit of ten per cent In Re: will be required of the highest Mrs. Bessie M. Dusenberry and ville-Oreenwood Mutual Insur ance Association, Plaintiff, Vs. bidder. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick County, S C January 16th, 1940.—3t. A Bank of Ware Shoals as Receiver of Bank of Honea Path, Plain tiff, Vs. Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual In- annexo of the estate of Mary Amelia Cooke Fowler, deceased, has this day made application unto me for a final accounting and discharge as such Adminis trator and the 16th day of Feb ruary, 1940, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for the hearing of said peti tion. All persons holding claims a- gainst the estate of the above named are hereby notified to pre sent same on or by above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick County, S. C. January 16, 1940.—4t. FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Probate. NOTICE is hereby given that J. A. Talbert, Guardian of the Estate of John Mahoney, Jr., has this day made application unto me for final accounting and dis charge as Guardian of Estate of John Mahoney, Jr. February 1st, 1940, at 10 o’clock has been fixed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims a- gainst said estate are hereby noti fied to present" same on or before above date. J. FRANK MATTISON, Judge of Probate, McCormick Co. S. C. December 30th, 1939.—4t.